Latest news – Page 185
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NewsBudget ‘a missed opportunity’ for justice
Law Society condemns failure to invest in justice system.
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NewsSFO not responsible for financial hit to ENRC, High Court told
Mr Justice Waksman will decide what damages, if any, are payable to the mining giant.
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NewsInsolvency rush offers profits hope for litigation funder
Record level of companies going bust means work is booming for Manolete Partners.
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News‘Matters outstanding’ delay Ince results - again
Hong Kong audit has taken ’longer than anticipated’, firm tells London Stock Exchange.
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NewsBlavo boss struck off after offering no defence to fraud
Solicitors Regulation Authority's allegations against former Blavo & Co director, including dishonesty, proven.
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NewsLiability should be shared with SFO, says Dechert as it fights ENRC claim
Firm says Serious Fraud Office should be liable for 50% of any compensation awarded to mining giant.
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NewsExpert’s evidence attacked as ‘worthless’ should be heard, judge rules
In application to exclude, solicitors in PI claim suggested expert was ‘well-known’ as defence regular.
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NewsRetraining on Law Society's budget wishlist
Chancery Lane calls for emergency injection of civil legal aid cash and new grant scheme to help law firms fund new technology.
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NewsHospitals 'had no record' of Blavo & Co clients, SRA tells tribunal
Regulator accuses former legal aid boss of 'directing operations' in which documents were allegedly falsified.
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NewsMoJ expecting sevenfold rise in mediation workload
Compulsory dispute resolution 'at the forefront of our minds', says senior civil servant, as Lady Justice Asplin calls for 'change of attitude'.
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NewsSRA accuses former legal aid boss of 'utterly brazen fraud'
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal begins hearing allegations, which are denied, against Blavo & Co director.
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NewsLegal costs challenge fails over lack of detail in disputed items
Points of dispute presented in PI case costs challenge found to be ‘wholly generic’.
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NewsDiversity study reignites 'reputation laundering' debate
Research paper co-authored by Cambridge professor questioned diversity claims made by US firms.
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NewsTeachers invited to join landmark public legal education campaign
The Big Legal Lesson aims to equip schools with resources to confidently introduce the law to students.
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NewsEight-week hearing concludes in mammoth Nigeria oil case
Nigeria ’a soft target for people…to make their millions’, court is told in closing submissions in dispute over arbitration award.
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NewsSoophia Khan sentenced to 12 months in prison for contempt
Judge says court has shown ‘considerable degree of indulgence’ to the once prominent solicitor.
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NewsSexting solicitor says he didn't see power imbalance with 18-year-old
Oliver Bretherton says colleague was a 'mature adult who wanted to be taking part'.
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NewsMagistrates' sentencing powers scaled back
Government pauses measure that enabled magistrates to jail people for up to a year.
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NewsPay dispute between government and judges rumbles on
Appeal tribunal remits case after overturning lower court's finding that judges were part-time workers in their 'sitting up' capacity.
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NewsSQE added to routes for becoming a government lawyer
Government Legal Department will recruit its first cohort of SQE trainees this summer. They will join the department in 2025.